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OSCE announces winners of tolerance photo contest
Publishing date: 29 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Newsroom
ASTANA, 29 June 2010- The winners of an OSCE photo contest on tolerance were announced today at an award ceremony on the margins of the OSCE High-level Conference on Tolerance and Non-Discrimination in Astana...
Despite challenging circumstances, Kyrgyzstan's authorities succeeded in organizing peaceful referendum, OSCE observers say
Publishing date: 28 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
BISHKEK, 28 June 2010- Despite challenging circumstances, Kyrgyzstan's authorities succeeded in creating the necessary conditions for the conduct of a peaceful constitutional referendum, the observation mission deployed by OSCE ODIHR concluded today...
Statement by the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries
Publishing date: 26 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group, Newsroom
MUSKOKA, Canada, 26 June 2010- The countries of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group released the following today:
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Hungarian Government to halt media legislation package, start public consultations
Publishing date: 24 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media self-regulation
VIENNA, 24 June 2010- Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, appealed to the Hungarian Government today to halt draft media legislation that is to be voted on in Parliament next week, and to start public consultations...
Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Publishing date: 21 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Newsroom
VIENNA, 21 June 2010- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly today. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States...
OSCE supports Press Council of Kosovo awareness campaign
Publishing date: 16 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Media freedom and development
PRISHTINE/PRISTINA, 16 June 2010- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo today launched the second phase of an awareness campaign to support the Press Council of Kosovo, the body in charge of handling complaints against newspapers...
Preventing escalation of violence and helping people on the ground key to international actors' efforts in Kyrgyzstan, says OSCE Special Envoy
Publishing date: 15 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Rule of law
BISHKEK, 15 June 2010- Stopping the violence, helping to alleviate the humanitarian situation are priorities for the international community's work in Kyrgyzstan, said Zhanybek Karibzhanov, the Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office today...